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1 " At home, she was broken and useless; in the Canyon she had the same potential as the raven that flew circles above her head. "
― Zoje Stage , Getaway
2 " Yet, for all the hours Imogen spent as an adult cocooned in her apartment, she still wasn’t sure if she’d ever felt truly at home anywhere. Sometimes in the company of a tree—or a creek, or a moss-covered rock, or a desert night haloed by the Milky Way—she felt the tension inside her finally relent. There—out there—was a place where she belonged. "
3 " You may not want to, but you’re capable of it. "
4 " she knew the value of her life didn’t depend on how many people attended her funeral. "
5 " Here, the presence of other people felt different; or maybe she was different. Civilization had gone awry, with its buildings and highways, its digitalization and consumption. Binge-watching TV. Humans had adapted to a meaningless structure of work and wealth that resulted in a fundamental loss of identity. Here, you could return to the natural order, enjoy the two-part state of doing-the-necessities-to-survive and sitting-around-doing-nothing, unburdened of existential angst. "
6 " You needed someone's approval, and when you finally realized the boyfriends couldn't give it, you looked for it from everyone else. From strangers. "
7 " Imogen recalled a line from a Leonard Cohen song and something within her cracked a little, willing to let the light in. "
8 " She cursed the part of herself that assumed everyone was sinister in some way-especially when she forgot that she, too, didn't always make a good first impression. Everyone who met her probably thought she was standoffish, maybe stuck-up, because while her mind assessed people at a million miles a minute, she wasn't quick to be friendly, open, warm. "
9 " A person could live through trauma, even when it was retriggered. She knew that better than anyone. "
10 " People who loved nature were different. Except for hunters. And maybe survivalists. "
